phillips worst screw self stripping garbage
That is actually a feature of this design. They were the answer to in-line screwdrivers who had no precise stopping torque: cam-out before the thread is damaged.
Bug turned into a feature: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:Cam_out
I know it’s an intentional feature, but it’s a bad feature. Camming out damages the head of the screw. This exchanges repairability for manufacturing simplicity. Additionally, the sloped shape makes it possible to use slightly oversized or undersized drivers, further increasing the chance of camming out and damaging the screwhead.
To your point it’s a compromised solution for a problem that no longer exists.
Americans will do anything the hardest way possible, huh lol
Robbie superiority.
Torx or Robertson, are the only ones worth a damn.
I’m a Philips type of guy myself.
You have chosen…poorly
Torx is the only head that needs to exist. The rest can go fuck a rusty chainsaw.
Square is really good too.
Phillips and flat head bits fit in a variety of sizes of screw heads. We seem to have chosen convenience over performance.
If memory serves me correctly square drive is patented, & thus requires licensing, which is why it’s less commonly used.
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And then bolts
This is the way. Also I’m new to Lemmy so forever will this be how I start my experience here.
Torx is hands down better in every way than flathead and Phillips.
Slotted heads, Philips, posidrive, torx, 6 pan and Robertson.
Each has a use, for instance a slotted head, when you don’t need much torque is good enough (like for a screwed in battery compartment).
I like pluses and squares. Minuses need to be removed from existence
Minus is great because you can use a butter knife on a pinch to unscrew/screw it
Pozidrive is both!
6-lobe is life. I got a box of them for a set of stairs I had to rebuild, and the sheer ease of use makes me never want to go back.
Never heard anyone call Torx “6 lobe”. But yes, Torx all the way.
That’s what it’s called on the image and tbh I’ve never been quite sure what a “torx” was until now.
Hex screws are sick tho. Great when there isnt much space to tighten regular screws.
The torx are the most resistant, the rest can also cease to exist.
Robertson, hex and torx should be on that list, the rest of that shit can stay in the scrap bin of designs
Anything that is compatible with slotted or phillips is fine.
My favorite is hex, self centering and doesn’t strip easily
Hexagons are the bestagons
Only in 2D. Screws are 3D. There is no known optimum in 3D.
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Torx tools are cheaper? I didn’t know that. I’ve never really come across them, so I didn’t think they were an option for universal replacement.
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We stan Phillips/slot
Phillips/slot: the pansexual of screwheads
Situation: There are 20 screw standards.
John Corporate: “20 standards… I know, I’ll create a new type of screw that will be unique to my corporate overlords and prevent users from repairing their own devices!”
Situation: There are 21 screw standards.
Relevant xkcd:
To be fair, UTF-8 did win the character encoding wars. Kudos to the Unicode designers I guess.
Wish Windows knew that
USB also won the cable data war. The 2000s era cables is wild
Yeah, given enough time sometimes one of the standards will win and kill the others, it kinda just depends (in part on luck)
Square is called a Robertson and is the standard for construction in Canada. None of that bullshit Phillips trash.
Canada is a very progressive place it seems
Not only the standard screw but a very effective head shape. The head is both self centring and can hold on the screw securely and without the use of magnets.
I will die defending Robertson screw as a top contender. The rest of the world must learn our superior Canadian ways, by force if necessary.
It’s 100% superior to anything else I’ve used. If you use a good quality screw driver or bit, they’ll NEVER strip, even using an impact driver.
The real “actual screw”.
Robertson or gtfo
Lately I’ve seen a lot more Phillips Square, which is nice when you strip the fuck out of the Phillips head. Those are alright.
Pozidrive is basically a Robertson and Phillips on top of each other.
Square is my favorite but never used in industrial maintenance much. The square combos are on new electrical devices for construction though. I use mostly Phillips/slotted. A few security torx. Lots of hex heads, and all the small electrical terminals are slotted.
